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The Sydney council planning to turn parking lots into housing
Inner West Council’s bold solution to the Sydney housing crisis would repurpose what is termed “lazy land” into affordable homes.
- by Julie Power
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NSW government to investigate grants as anger grows over grandstand plans
The NSW government will review a $3.6 million grant for a suburban sports ground, amid a bitter row over plans for a new grandstand in North Turramurra.
- by Andrew Taylor
‘Keeping the Eskys’: North shore bar preserved in new boarding house
The Pickled Possum’s owner says the north shore late-night venue will be retained as part of an affordable housing redevelopment.
- by Andrew Taylor
Qantas boss Alan Joyce’s failure to launch after Canberra tour
Joyce experienced a frustration familiar to the great unwashed – he was forced to wait around for his plane to take off on Thursday.
- by Megan Gorrey and Patrick Hatch
What Rob Stokes did next ... ex-minister’s new role combines twin passions
Former NSW government minister Rob Stokes has been a man of leisure since he left politics. Now he has his sights set on an unusual fix to the housing crisis.
- by Megan Gorrey and Patrick Hatch
Revealed: Council’s grand plan to fix Victoria Road once bypass opens
Inner West Council has unveiled a vision of slashing Victoria Road to one car lane in each direction to make Rozelle more like its “desirable sister suburb”, Balmain.
- by Michael Koziol
The developer has gone out of business, so council is getting the repair bill
Lane Cove Council has been ordered to fix defects in a residential complex despite claiming it had no role in the construction of the building.
- by Andrew Taylor
Does Paddington need another dress shop? Not if it means losing a pub
Plans to transform The Village Inn in Paddington into a clothes shop have prompted opposition from residents and a prominent property developer.
- by Andrew Taylor
There are more battery fires than before and firefighters are worried
Local councils and waste contractors have seen a significant rise in the number of truck and rubbish fires caused by batteries.
- by Laura Chung
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‘High risk practice’: Council approves DAs on flood-threatened properties
With homes along the Hawkesbury facing serious flood risks and the prospect of not being able to obtain insurance, this council has continued to approve DAs.
- by Max Maddison
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Rules to retain and enhance our once ‘leafy suburbs’ are welcome
Woollahra Municipal Council has passed new planning rules that require properties to have a tree canopy of up to 35 per cent.
- The Herald's View